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Neighbours have spoken about Muktar Said Ibrahim, the man police
want to question in connection with a bomb on a London bus.

British police arrested two more men in connection with the
investigation into last week's attempted bombings in London,
bringing the total held in the case to five.

One was detained last night and the other today under Britain's
anti-terror laws, both near a home that was raided today in north
London, they said.

Three other men were arrested in south London on Friday and at
the weekend after four men allegedly tried but failed to blow up
subway trains and a bus in London on Thursday.

Britain's domestic Press Association said none of the five was
believed to be among the suspected bombers whose pictures were
released to the public. Police have refused to comment on this.

But armed police raided a ninth floor, one-bedroom council flat
in New Southgate, north London, at 1.30am on Monday.

Ibrahim, 27 and also known as Muktar Mohammed Said, shared the
flat with a man called George and two others. There is no evidence
connecting any of them with the bombings.

One neighbour said she knew one of the men and saw him in the
lift three to four weeks ago. She said she also used to see them
hanging around some garages in an area close to the flat.

Sammy Jones, 33, a neighbour, said she had recognised Ibrahim as
soon as she saw the new picture issued by police.

"I only knew them to say hello to and he never really said
anything to me, but as soon as I saw his picture, I recognised it,"
she said.

"I know George, he's in his late 20s and he's been living at the
block for quite a few years. But the others have only been around
for two or three years. They're in and out every day.

"I saw George loading brown cardboard boxes into the lift about
three or four weeks ago. They were heavy and there were loads of
them. He said it was wallpaper stripper.

"I've seen them in and out of the garages here as well. I last
saw George on Friday, he was very cheerful and tied my little boy's
shoe-laces for him. I get on all right with him, he's always happy
to chat and he rides a bicycle everywhere."

Tanya Weaver, 32, who lives on the floor below the raided flat,
said the front door had been removed from its hinges and there was
a large hole in it.

Other neighbours reported hearing loud bangs as police entered
the flat in the early hours of the morning.

"Police knocked on the door and said we had to be evacuated.
They said it was something to do with the London terrorist bombs.
When we got out on to the stairs there were armed police everywhere
and others with dogs.

"When we got downstairs there were coaches to take us to Enfield
Civic Centre. I'm really shocked. It shows this can happen
anywhere. It's pretty scary."

Three out of the 13 floors of the 1960s block were evacuated and
the residents were finally allowed to return at around 4.00am.

Yesterday afternoon police continued to search the flat.

One neighbour said: "I've seen him hanging around with other
Somalis I know, smoking, and he always seemed all right. He's been
here for a number of years and he doesn't speak with an accent any
more."

Yasin Hassan Omar, 24, the other man identified, is believed to
have tried to blow up a Tube train near Warren Street. Omar was
seen at Stockwell Underground station, carrying a purple rucksack,
at the same time as two of the others.

He tried to set off a bomb on a northbound Victoria line train
between Oxford Circus and Warren Street. Shortly afterwards, at
about 12.40pm, he was seen without the rucksack in Warren Street
station. He vaulted over the ticket barrier at the booking hall and
ran for the exit.